The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-23 00:00:00

ITONEY MARKET AND COMMXIMIAL INTELLIGENCB. CIY, TWELYE CLCK. There is rath er more de T mand for money today in the discount market, and the rates are a little firmer, 5; per cent. being the lowest quotation at Which first-class bills can be negotiated. About £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Tuesday, the 29th inst., for a special settling day in t he shares of the Credit Fancier (Limited), which are to be marked. It is announced that the share list of the Na tional Provincial Marine Insurance Company will be closed on Monday next for London, and on the following Tuesday for the country. Tee directors of Silver's India-rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company have notified that no application for shares will be received after twelve o'clock at noon on Thursday, the 24th inst. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discOunt from 4 to 31 per cent. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Langton and Robinson, timber mer chants, whose liabilities, according to the balance sheet presented by Messrs. Cooper Brothers, the accou ntants, were stated to be £95,178, and the as sets £42,102. The estate shows, therefore, about 93 . in the pound, bur not more than 7s. is expected to be realised. It was agreed to wind up the affairs of the firm under a deed of assignment, A new joint stock undertaking, bearing the name of Smith, Knight, and Company, brought forward by the Mercantile Credit Association, in conjunc tion with the Contract Corporation, has been an nounced. It is to act in harmony with the Contract Corporation, undertaking the construction of rail- I vays and other public works, and its operations are to be conducted by Messrs. Smith and Knight, who have transferred their business with their plant and existing contracts, including that for the con struction of the Royal Sardinian Railway. The capital is £4,000,000 in 80,000 shares of £5O each, the first issue to comprise 40,000 shares, of which 20,000 h ave been already subscribed. A special general meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank was held to-day for the purpose of increasing the capital of the company. Mr. J. l ' ic lenna, who occupied the chair, proposed that the present capital, viz, £1,000,000, be increased by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £5O each, at a Pr e mium of £25 n er s h are i n the proportion of one w shar e f or each old share. A discussion was bei ng carried on as to the propriety of the increase When this report left. TWo O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. 41. eater's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes ° Pened at 66f. 90c. Heavy. ID Na q uot able movement h as occurre d t o -d ay i n t h e ar ket for th e E nglish Funds, Consols being 91 for !- t ransfer, a n d 9 1: I for the account, but the tone of business is a little less buoyant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 I; and ttehequer Bills, Bs. die.; India Stocks have been dull'; the 5 per Cents. are marked 104/ ; and do. Enfaced, 5/ per Cents., 113. tae Foreign Market there is very little altera tion, and business is much restricted. Mexican have receded to 45 a ;• Greek are 231 24 ; Spanieh ', F ,; %es ivel 36 1-, ; Portug uese , 481 ; 661, enti t ; Turkish 6 per C ents., 1862, 71/ ; do. Con les, 53,1 54; and the Confederate Loan, 51 a 3. hav e 4.e es 111 the Railway S hare Market the opera -1 not been very extensive, and prices have l a several instances exhibited a slight decline .INetro n o litan, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, , I orth Western, and W est M idland, have each re ceehded 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London, 1141111" Q Dover, 10 s. ; and Great Northern A Stock 15 s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show, in some Instances, a slight adv ance . B an k of Australasia dealt in at 75/ 76 ; Ch artered of India, Aus tralia, and China at 45 46 ; London and Buenos Ayres at 51/ ; M etropolitan and Provincial, 261 27 ; endan Financial shares have declined to 26/ ; and 1 0 bnin sular and Orient a l S team have improved Subj o i ned are the current quotations for some of th e Prinoipal new undertakings. British Columbia 4 , 114 Vanc ouver Island Investment, 1 premium ; t kAintrat Arg ent i„ Rsiiwa / 1 prem.; North Aus raltan y, r°l h Company, 11 2 prem. ; London and Liver- Rotel, 11 2 prem. ; Irnpsrial Financial, 51 6 'reta.; National Provincial Marine, 31 1 prem. ; Queensland Sheep, 1 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 5/ 6 P en. ; Cr e di t M o bi l i er, 3 31 prem. ; City .C 4 ,, 3 1 41 pre m . ; Th ames I ron S hipbuilding, P r e.; Sev en per C ent B o li van Loan, 11 2 rern, et,... 'BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 ,_""v'frin/orErtz FUNDS. tier Cent. Consols ~, 1)44) Account, April 8 .r:dew Cent. Reduced ~bw 3 per Cent . 891 h e 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ''''ol.tiies, 30 yrs, expire ath Jan., 1880 — t bitto .5 1 for 30 yr s , exp i re sth April, 18841 Di elleq tfo r Bills, ZI.OOO I & 3 per Ce n t. 8 di s . A 2 4 Ditto £5OO „,_ £lOO anti £ 2OO ******* 8 8 dis '4 England Stk. 41 per Ct., last hl.-yr. Shut INbIiN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. • Ind ia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... bitto 6 D itto Acpcerount Cent. July, 1670 ........ 104/ 1 ... Ditto 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888 . ......... Do ',:ertificates ................ Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per C en t . , J an. 1872 . .. Ditto 5f p er C ent., May, 1879 .... .... 113 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 93 Ditto liondsi'l.ollo 3 die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Dra t Tian 5 per Cent, I)bi4tto, 1839 an d 185 9 1011 41 41 per Cent , ,1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. 89i .., Ditto Scrip, £55 paid.... — Pm zuenos A.yre s 6 per Cent.... . 1,„ l'itto cenunt . ................. -1 4, 6 per Cent. „.. . . ...... volombiau 6 Scrip £ 8 0 .. pd .... “ .. — die lion per Cenc - Ditto 41 pet Ce ... .. ................... Gil , b oalih 3 per Cent., 1825 ft,quador Nov Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3/ 'Option 7 per Cent .... urbitto, Second Issue .... r e ,!lc 6 Per Cent., 1 824-5, ex-Coup.rns — .t.?ttto Account ............ i-,),'to Coupons — riu"aittlo Account _ koo ornala 6 per Cent. tt !I*4:1 per 5 per Cent 4 0 4cpeoeunCt ant .... Bitt . 451 a 1 i 6' 4 . %r • ... 14 bitt attcla D . ° 2 Per dent. — ~Jttro Deferre ,t-titt Land ..-- -.11.47i22. Warrants (Hectares) 1)45:4_1 li per Cent — D itto d per Cent. 11Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. ~44tteo.ii_cco.nnt ...................... 86 th,:2 use 3 per Cent., 1853 bitiu_ Account .................... Dti tt ' Per Cent., 18b6, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 it t " Account 1t 14. , 0 Scrip • (1863) £3O paid ....... birtri 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St SAm iti l 6 per Cent, 1.862 ... 90i f 1 tlll4 an 6 per Cent....... '............. . p, oli 0 Account.... .. I,b it n 3 per Cent 6K, .);,.L0 Account Passive 1),1qt0 Account pi:t!'h Cert. of Coup • not funded 6tp,dc' Aceount b• -413 -) 4 per Cent .......... .1854. IN 4rki.k Account ................... ... bi t '`. l 6 Per Cent • ............. b. 4 Account it t, ) . . ........ ....... 91 0; 4 Per Cent. 1808 . ............. r)itto. kocount 70i 79 Di tto 6 per Cent. 1862 b,, t Accou n t Bit:tu. ,ClOO Bond s.. 1 ., bit t : C Per Cent, 1863 T 511,z c lu aror teed 4 per Cent. — 't)it 1414 3 per Cent il.h.to Ateount .. • r.,' , 14) k _ .... 1862 .... 1 • 'J. 440 ‘ per Uent,.. . , 4.cccunt ........ • 63 1 ............. 444 Dividers on the above payable in Load , ii , V Di t2} P " Cent., E. 12 Gull. — ‘tai i 4 per Cent. Certificates Bit t l 5 , Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — dicecqnt ....... . e °414 0 „ THREE 0' CLOCK . .1:1' '" txtone % a A . Y .................... . . 911 '4.144 4 ecount - • ... BEARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINAItY STIA.REB AND STOO&S, ai twcys. r p a id j Closing Business Price. dene. Lir W -1 and St- Val. Illy - the and Tyne. Il ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo IBristol and Exeter Caledonian Cyr>.Anri Bandon !Corn wa I 8 li 8i • 83 tb 118 119 21 3i 4i 6 7 10 . 0 0 A A eeis 03 diV 10 D o. B ti 11 6p c,p an. li as been paid to C. 50 Duh Pitt & Belfast Jun.'. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ah. Juno. st !Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Clasg. and S. Western st iGreatEastern, Ord. sti t4t Ditto A stock st Ditto East' nallan it st IGreatNorthol Scotlano st Great. Northern.. st Do A stock it Do ii do st ;Gt. S. an iW. of irelan 3 1 'Great 'Western ... 3t i Do Str Val gua. sto:;`, St Lancashiee & Yorkshir‘ I st London awl Blackwa.. of !Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at iLon., Chat., and Dove; ; st Lou.; & North WeAern . st !Lon. & Sw.th Western it I Man., whet., & Lincoln. i 0 !Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do 1 5hare5........ : It Metropolitan it Midland Do New it Do Binning. & Derby i 0 Mid. Gt. W. of irciano Z Do. 4 shares 5 Mid Kent .0 Do Cray Line It Ncrth British It ,Edin., Perth, & Dundee it 'Nth. Eastern—Berwle, 5 Do, G.N.E. purchasf It Do Leeds it Do York it Do Carlisle it North London .0 ! Do New 35 37 16 17 Vt 93 lOt 1(6 i 7 8 fli 74 1/7 1`;.8 129 13J 1:7q) 132 9t 93 65' 66 1:0j 110 67 103 t sOli 43 44 108} 1(8j 97f 9811 63 b 3) 1 2S ;13S 1274 fai 97 99 524 634 24 26 101 1014 65i 6,1 ES &Si 125 128 1 2 1 78 79 Itt 11 124 1',5 41 43 98 100 !North Staffordshire IN. and S. W. Junction !Scottish Central (Scot N. E., Aber. atm!, I Do Scot. Mid, stock :Shrews. and Wetchpoo, Shropshire Union South DC7OII .. •South Eastern 63 61 34 E 6 90f 9l !South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok `Stockton 6c Darlingtoh Do 99 101 Si 9} 97 38 9.1 10 L 7 4 81 t 163 166 5 7 3 Do New, 1800 Taff Vale... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford ez Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har,&lt West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, 91 9k 22 24 BUITISH POSSE Pant all 'Co al) all 10,) 100 100 100 100 100 100 ha: xit all all all SIONS. aailwkyt, Closing Price. 68 AO Io3i 1011 P 1 P P 1 P 6i 6 7t 81 ttantic & St Lawrene. dom.,Barodak.Cent Gu. 6 per Cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laiienuroo Do. Pretertmee I Bufralo,Brant,M3o - a ;lc), 5 p. et, bds. Aug. 1, 187:e Do. do. July 1, 187 June S.2. , :astii. ; CapeTowu Duck Seri., Eastn. Bengal. gu. 3 p. Ettat gu. 8 p. c. Do. do. 13. Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prer. Bonds .. Do. c.o. deferred.- Do. ...!d Prel. Bonds.. Do. do. defer, ed...... Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... Do. do. ddetred.... , Du. 4th Pref. to k... Do. do. deferred...... (3 t.lndiaPeitiu.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 South.of India (Lim :uaranteed 5 per cent. G t. W. of Canada Share, Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 4 p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. c. ExtensioL Da.** Do. Fifth Extension. Aelb.Corp. p. c. Bud , . & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. G. &lortg. Bds New Brunswick ct Cauth Class Aenaß N.l3l.C'das pc Ist pi bdsi ..........) 102 101 102 104 tOS 100 IC4& 105 19 2 0 r; 73 15 58 42 65 68 61 53 43 60 40 tt 25 27 22 c 5 zO3/1 1041 102 i 103, 91 91 lie 92 94 83 86 I ;/, Ju,i , 034 97 09 2 94 55 58 all 100 (10t, l 100 all k 100 3 6 82 84 103} 104,E 104 1(3: tP 1024 104 Do. De1hi........ I p i Do. do • ... Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• •• Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 93 10) AJLON lat.. GOV 11EN'1' zi EL; d &J 1577-R; Do. op. c. Feb. ,t Aug,. 100 100 102 Do. dp. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 59 101 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10, 80 a 9 88} 8 • Do. 6 Inscribed s t oc k 100 88 90 ,Cape G.llope, 6 p 6,187„ 103 106 108 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881, 100 108 110 Do. 18ut 100 1/1 113 'Do. Jan. & July, 1691.. 100 109 111 Ceylon, Nov.lb7B, 6p c 100 111 113 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 I;atal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 108 110 IN.II.Gov. 6 p.c.o a.&Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oci. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5p 200, 100 99 100 I Du. 5 p. c.,18t1 10E:1 100 99 10') Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 99 100 100 901 , New Zealand 6p Qent. 100 108 110 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 104 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO —107 k IS.Aua (16p.c.1876.& up lOO 109 111 , Vio.Gov. dp.c.JaAJuly 100 Do. to Do. An.mOot... 100 111 112a_ 1.11 14_ BRITISH MINES. 2 iiJambrian Consol. Gold 1 >4 id Amalgamated -- 35/ Eat - !Devon (.4.Cono.,"favist ) 0 655 66 i - East Bassett (Moe - ari) 30 67/ 724 East Clogau Gold Ltd - - - East Caradon 1.14.6 30 33 p East Carn Brea... 3.4.( 61 71 - E. W . l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 3t 4t IGam.&St.Aubynk(iwen Ai : 10 11 I (.lreat south Tolgus l7e 4 40 - !i.3. Wheal Vor(lleistoti to 37 3) 374 8 - !firenville ......... 4.16. 74 71 - I 8.1? 65 37 iiingston Dovrits 4.18.0 3/ 4/ - Lady Bertha - ;Margaret tiny Lelain 9,4, 19 21 - I Uarke Valley.. 4 I 3; yndy Iron Ore (Lim. • ;4 It I 6 • New Seto') le 95 - • North Down,. l4 2 .Wtt'i haseeti 111 , J .?;;;n 3.1. v 2 24 - ,7;orthlVhcal Croity 2.6.9 41 53 - I t'ar Consols (f3t. Blaze). - - erovidence(Cny Lelnt., 10.6.7 41 93 • - I iz.N:outh Laradon(St-Cleec it 440 460 H 3. Cam Brea _ - W heal Fran. 18.15.9 60 55 - tray ['ark :inv.& Lead _ ••- - fin Cron " 20 • West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 - W C. radon !Liskeard,l 5 20 22 - ' West Seto . . ... 174 2;5 25 - Wheel Basset (111mran ! 54 87/ 924 .4•11eal Buller(Redrutii 1 10 31 37 - ; heal Kitty (15.Lelantjl 2.0.6 - Wheal LAI& ott - ,Wheat IllaryAnni,:len ) 1 g 134 141 - Wheal heton .. I 58/ 190 195 192 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.); 7 21 24 - IWheal Union I 3.17 24 2/ I'ItEFEREN(•E SHAUES. Great ' orthern, 5 per cent., red, at 5 per cent. pm., 1001 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prt., 1021 ht. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxforu, Ist guaranteed stock. 1281 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. g ua. stock, No. 1, 1131 London, Chatham, and Dover a per cent. pref., 9:/ PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. t4lxt., B 6 per cent., 1001 Stockton and Darlington, Class D. pf., 281 LINES LEASED A 2 FIXED RENTA.LS. Buckinghamshire, 951 London and Chatham, 41 per Cent., 91 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 551 Nottingham and Grantham R. & (1, 04 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9,1 Bahia and San Francisco (inn.) gua. 7 per cent., 174 Great Luxembourg, 111 amur and Liege gua. 14f, per annum, St N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 174 Sambre and Meuse, S 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOIIEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira_ 1! St. John del Rey (Urn.), 52 United Mexican (11. L.;, 7 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., 31 I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance rtim.l. tiOri Ditto, new, 40 Anglo Austrian. 61 I Anglo-Italian, lim►ted, 5} Australasia. 7.. 5 Ditto, new, 48 4 Bank of tago, lien., 41 Bank or Queensland (lim), 201 Bank of Wales, lien., 17 16i Brazilim and I'ortuguea.7, lien., 811 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 1Z Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 46 5 Ditto, new, issued at 10 pm., 331 Consolidated Bans, lien., 101 1 East London, line., 71 English and Irish (lien.), 15 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 214 English and Swedish, lim.. 12: European Bank, lien., 10 91 Hindustan, China, and Japan (11m.), 341 31 4 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 11 Imperial Bank (lien.), 31 1 51 Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 19 Land Mortgage Bank 01 India, Ilm., 31 1 London Bank or Scctland, lim. ;141 151 London, Ilu.:nos Ayres, and River Plate, 511 1 Ditto, new, 5/ 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 a London and Colonial (lien.). 94 0 London and County, 60 !, 59/ Loudon Joint Stock, 404 1 London and South African, 27 London and South American. Urn., 95 London and Westminster, 81 SOl MerchantAhank, lien , 141 1 MONAD. and Prov. Bank dim.), 27 61 75 6; New Zealand Baak,.ll 1 12 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lira., 11 Ditto, new,ll Ptandard of British South Africa film ), 28 4 Union of Australia. Liao, new, 31 Union of Ireland (lien.), 19 a Union of Loudon, i 0 ' 10 st st 50 20 50.16.1 (2.10 haft 100 20 took i toot stock lOU 100 too 100 100 100 100 100 +took 4 LOCk +I took dock , took 20 WO); stc , c A it ock 5 no k MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira., Commercial Union 'insurance?, 9 Consolidated Discount, Rm.. 7 Contract Corporation, lam., Credit Foncier, 74 Crystal Palace, 241 ; Eg,*yptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 51 Financial Corporation, 51 Gen. Credit and Hnance of London, Um., 81 8: Hudson's Bay, 191 18i International Financial Society, 11 Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lira., 7k Joint •stook Discount, Um., 6 a London Financial Association, lim., 251 LAW INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) RE HUSSELL. This bankrupt was described as of G: swell street and elsewhere, hair-dresser, and this was a meeting for last exa mination. The banitrupt was opposed on behalf of several creditors, hut the principal point was that he had given a bill of sale over his property for £39, money lent, but he had neither paid principal or interest, and the bill was put in force on the same day that he petitioned the Court. Dito, ne , v, 15/ Londn Provincial Marine, 31- Mercantile Credit Association, lint, 13/ Mediterranean Extension Telegraph, lira., 31 National Discount Comp my, lira., 12 / 4, 0 7- Ditto, new, National Steam Navigation, lira., 41 5 Oriental Inland Steam, lira., 3k 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. 821 2 Quebrada Land, Rail„, and 3k 3 UniversAl Marine insurance), lira., Mr. Buchanan, Basingb.all.street, for the bankrupt, put a few questions, and elicited that two previous bills had been given to the same party, but the moneys advanced had been paid off, and the one in question was a mere renewal. His ILnour said the bankrupt was not justifi3d in acting as he had, r::ncl the case must be adj,urned for three months to sea what position he would b 3 in to offer terms to his creditors. , r idcifirt ci 4 if + • " maim (B2fore Mr. Registrar Roche.) RT BOUCICAULT. This bankrupt was formerly less,.3 of Drury-lane Theatre, and this was an adjourned dividend meeting. A proof was tendered on behalf of Messrs. Alcxander and Co. for the difference in value of 150 shares in the New Theatre Company which he had agreed to take up but failed to do, and on the resale there was a loss of £420, and it was now sought to prove for that amount. Mr. Linklater opposed, but after some discussion the proof was admitted. There were a few other proofs, but no dividend war declared. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 22. Yesterday afternoon the Queen drove out in a curidge and four. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Lord Charles Fitzroy attended on horseback. Her Majesty visited the Windsor Union poor. house, and inspected the establishment. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsot and Mrs. Wellesley and the Rev. J. Bluitt, vicar of Old Windsor, met the Queen, and conducted her 11Iajesty over the building. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Stretitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and Lent. Colonel Clifton, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, and returned to London to-day. Viscount Sydney also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the Royal family. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—this Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ENARAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS ...kT WHITFIELD CHA PEL BURIAL GROUND, TOTTENIIAM-CO URT -ROAD. -- DESTROYING A FAMILY GRAVE,-Mr, Henry Oiiver Nodes, of No. 1, Rosebery Villas, Tutfnell•park West - , waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt this moraing, and said he had to ask his worship for summarises against a builder namea Richards and his foreman, named Wilkes, under the Mali cious Injuries to Property Act (21 and 25 Vict., cap. 97, sec. 52), for unlawfully removing and injuring a gravestone in the Tottenham-court-road Chapel batial•groun{l, his property, and thereby destroying all identity of a family vault, also his property. Oa Wednesday, June 11, 1862, at the Auction Mart, London, the Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased the Chapel known as Whit• field's Chapel, in Tottenham•court-road, and .part of the burial-ground adjoining, known as the paved part, in which there were many private graves and vaults, the property of several parties respectively, and the whole was sold subject co the rights of all persons who had interred bodies in the burial-ground, It was hoped that a body of professing Christians especially would have adhered strictly to the rules of honesty, or in other words meesm and (cum ; but their employes, Richards and Wilkes, under their instruc tions, a few days ago, ruthlessly and lawlessly rooted up all the grave stones, for the purpose he (Mr. Nodes) thought, it relight be fairly presumed, of destroying all iden tity of the vaults. He (Mr. Nodes) might also state that but for the restrictions of the conditions of sale as to private rights, the property which was sold for about 4500 would have fetched at least £15,000, it being freehold, and in a most valuable locality. The persons he applied for the summonses against stated that they were acting under the orders of Mr. Tarring, an architect, and a committee, and tauntingly laughed at anything like re monstrance, and refuse to restore the grave stones to their original sites, stating that all the stones were the property of their employees, the purchasers. He (Mr, Nodes) wished further to state that his (Mr. Tyrwhitt's) colleague had some time since hal a case bJorc him respecting the same burial ground, and the Court had put a stop to the proceedings of a Mr. Jacobson, who had purchased another part of the burial ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt having referred to the act, said it was material that such a matter should not be passed over. Mr. Nodes said his parents were interred in the grave, and he therefore felt naturally annoyed at what had been done; besides the grave cost sormsthing like £3O. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the 8111=0118e; to issue. WES FMINSTER. A VERY AWKWARD AFFAlR.—Edward James Butler, a man in the employment of Mr. Hatt, cow keeper and dairy man, of 15, Brewer-street, Pimlico, was charged with stealing a gallon of milk, and John Cole, coffeehouse keeper, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, was charged with feloniously receiving it. Sergeant Parkins, 8 B, said that the prosecutor had been to the court but had gone away. The police, however, were acquainted wi;h tho details of the case. Mr. Solfe said he w uld hear them. Sergeant Parkins said that from information received he spoke to Mr. Batt, and found that there was something going on wrong. At a quarter to 5 o'clock this morning Butler came out of Hates yard with a half gallon Measure of milk in his hand, and proceeded to Cole's coffesAop, where he went into the private bar part, and Cole took the milk of him and placed it on a shelf, and then went into a private parlour, from whenoo he returned in two or three minutes and passed some thing to Butler. The latter, after placing his hand under his smack, put down a half-gallon battle of warm milk at Cole's feet. Mr. Cole then said to witness, who had followed Butler into the shop, " What are you going to have," when witness said he should take Butler for stealing and Cole for receiving the milk. Neither of them made any reply. Hatt came to the station and signed the sheet against the prisoners. Butler said that he merely took sone milk to Mr. Cole, which had been ordered, and knew nothing about stealing Cole said he had dealt with Mr. Hatt for many years, and had four quarts of milk in the morning and six in the after noon. Whenever he was becoming short of milk, some of his people ran to Mr. Hatt's and ordered it, and that was the case this morning. To show that nothing could have been passed by him to ths other prisoner, only twoponce was found upon the latter. _ _ Mr. Selfe said, that for the interest of justice, as well as for prisoners' own sakes, he would have Mr. Hatt in at teadance, and would grant a summons for his attendance forthwith, He would not restrain the liberty of the ac cused in the meantime, who were free, but he would re commend them not to leave the court until the matter was determined. THE MIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESDER-TUESDAY, NORTHAMTONSIIIRE STAKES. 15 to 2 agst Gardener (taken) 8 to • 1 art Lord Zetland (offered—take 9) 100 to 9 agst Wingrave (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 6 aget Dollar (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken) 20 to 1 agat Gibraltar (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) 20 to 1 agst Touch and Go (onred) 25 to 1 agst Blondin (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Turn of Luck (offered) 160 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) KARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 10 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 100 to 7 aget Soapstone (taken) 100 to 6 agst Biondella (taken) 20 to 1 agst Zara (taken) 20 to 1 agst Aurora (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Veterinarian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Liston (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Change (offered) 20 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 30 to 1 agat Greenland (taken) 100 to 3 art 01lmiustor taken) 40 to 1 agst The Vacuna colt (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to lon the field (offered) 16 to 1 agst Copenhagen (wanted) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Blair Athol (taken) Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet now, at about 4- below Friday Sales, 4,000 or 5,000 bales. Imports, 94. Pravi• ously, 67,602. • Election of an Alderman, - A wardmote of the inhabitants of the ward of Bassishaw was held yesterday afternoon in the ves try room of the parish of St. Michael, Bassishaw, " for the election of a fit and able person to be Alder man of the said ward, in the room and stead of Edward Conder, Esq., who held such office of Alder man, but who has resigned the same." The proceedings having been duly opened by the Lord Mayor, Mr. G. KENDALL proposed David H. Stone, Mg., to be the alderman of the ward. He said he bad great pleasure in doing so, for that gentleman was one of themselves, being a freeholder of property in the ward, and besides being a man of wealth, and having plenty of time to discharge the important duties of, the office, he also possessed considerable talent, and was in every way qualified for the office. (Cheers.) Mr. DREW WOOD seconded the nomination. There being no other nomination, the name of Mr. Stone was pat to the meeting, and he was de clared to be duly elected. Mr. STONE briefly returned thanks. Upon the motion of Deputy FULLER, a unani mous resolution of thanks was accorded to the late alderman (who retired in consequence of ill health), and afterwards a complimentary vote of thanks was passed to the Lord Mayor for presiding, and the meeting separated. SHIPPING—This Day. - - - LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- East; moderato breeze, and fine weather. • PLYMOUTH, March 22.—Wind !audits, from for Middelburg. DARTMOUTH, March 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Teviot, from Colombo. BRISTOL, March 21.—Wind NIX .—Arrived—Monsoon, from Mauritius. Dovza, Maroh 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polma, from Alexandria. NEWPORT, March 22.—Wind N,E.—Arrived 7 Gustav Williams, from'Santander for Barcelona—Berkstone, from London for Jamaica. Sailed—Caledenia, for Rio Janeiro —Mary Grime, for St. Thomas. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Jantje Mariins, from Groningen, Jantena Aleda, from Marionsiel. Sailed —Penn, steamer, for Lon;lon. The Bremen, steamer. due off Cowes tomorrow from New York, a regular course, will call at Queenstown for orders, she having received instructions to that effect before going out, in consequence of the war in Denmark and the vessels of the North German Lloyd not having been trans ferred to the Russian flag at the time of her departure. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 22—Raven, from Dram; Avalanche, from Singapore; Apollo, from Porsgrund ; Julie; from Gravelinea. Arrived, March 23—Actio, from Landscrona ; Adler, from Calmar; Batavier and Leo, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Gustaf Wasa, steamer, from Gothenburg; Ceres, from Horsens; E. Ti., from Sannesand ; Pomona, from Helsing• tx.,rg ; Argo, from Dram; Industrial, from Aarhuus ; Lord John Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed, March 23— Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris ; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Come On, of Exeter, from the north, for the west. The late Newman Smith, E3q., has left the Na tional Lifeboat Institution a legacy of £5O. THE LEOMINSTER MURDER.—At the Hereford shire Assizes, yesterday, Watkins, the man charged with the murder of his wife at Leominster, pleaded guilty. The plea was, however, withdrawn, on the reeonemendation of the judge, and the trial was postponed. THE WORKING MAN'S OWN CLUB.—In 1855 club was established at Littlemore, near Oxford, by the Rev, T. W. Huntingford, the government of which, as that gentleman says in an account he has written of its operations, was "oligarchical, with a dash of despotism." This is vary often the case in small country towns and vit. lages, where working mon, conscious of their want of ex perience in business affairs, are glad to place themselves under the guidance of the local clergyman or squire. In some places specific religious opinions are required as an indispensable o , mdition of membership. But in others the artisans and labcdrers haets taken the matter into i lair own hands with admirable effect. A remarkable instance or iris is presented by the club recently inaugurated and now 'flourishing at Wednesbury, a little town in the iron manu facturing districts of ataffordehire. The institution was first pie/Soma at the commencement of last year; but the gentlemen ditho !nude the suggestion, or who promised to patronise it, slumbered over the Work, and the mechanics, getting tired of waiting, set their shoulders to the wheel, rented a house on their own respensibility,furnished it with everything fiedeseety for such an undertaking, and obtained so many members that, ulthottgh the rooms were only opened on the 30th May,1863, the club has for some months past been entirely self-sUpporting, with tic• ether receipts than the subscriptions of its members and the sale of provi sions within its stalls. The subscriptions are 2d a vreek and 2s a quarter, the honorafy Members giving a yearly dona tion of a guinea. The number of Members at the commence ment was 100, but they increased so rapidly that it was soon found tieceesary to take large and better premises, and the club now rents the old Town Hall at £45 per annum, Judg ing from the information we possess, we should say that a more perfect specimen of the genuine Working Men's Club cannot be found anywhere. The committee and all the governing officers belong to the industrial classes ; mem bers and subscriptions are canvassed for every Monday morning at the factories, and the rent of the building is guaranteed by the men themselves.—Dickenf s "All the Year Round." PRIZE DESIGNS..-•••" As affording the most striking con trast, Mr. Benson shows with these a fresh exhibition of modern watches, with cases made from prize designs at the South Kensington Museum, some of which are fine specimens of engraving."—Times, Sept. 13, 1862. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split secon ds, and every description of watch, adapted to all cli mates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of watchmak ing, with prices, from 3to 200 guineas each. It serves as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live i n a ny part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honourable mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker by special warraut of appointment to WU.IL the Prince of Wales. • Speculation this day at our Subscription Rooms assumed an active aspect. Gardener, Wingrave, Costa, Gibraltar, and Blondin were each in force for the Northamptonshire Stakes, particularly Wingrave, Gibraltar, and Blondlu, who were freely backed. Blithfield remained friendless, and Lioness received her quietus, offers of 100 to 1 eliciting no response from backers. A few investments were made on Flying Fish, Soaptone, Biondella, Zora, and Aurora for Earl Spencer's Plate, but the transactions were to nominal amounts only. For the City and Suburban, Veterinaran clos,;(1 a better favourite than Liston, 100 to 7 being accepted about the former, while 15 to 1 was offered against "the comedian." The business done in connection with the Chester Cup was of an insignificant character, Greenland and Oldminster being the only horse backed, although 25 to 1 would have been taken about Accident. Sixteen "ponies" were wanted cgainst Copen hagen for the Two Thousand Guineas ; and, after X2OO had been put on Blair Athol for the Derby at 20 to 1, a clever operator laid 1,000 to 45 three times against Mr. I'Anson's cult. Closing prices : The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester day morning attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel. The Princess of Wales, attended by Countess De Grey, took a carriage drive in the afternoon. His Highness Prince John of Glucksburg, at tended by Baron Guidencrone, took leave of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, yesterday evening, and left Marlborough House for the Continent by the South-Eastern Railway. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel, accompanied his Highness Prince John to the railway station. Mr. Henry Weigall has been honoured with sittings for hi portrait of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Duke of Newcastle is still very unwell, but, according to the medical report yesterday, his grace was progressing favourably. THE DUKE OF RUTLAND'S HEALTH, we are gra tified to hear, has greatly improved of late, and his hunting friends may have the pleasing anticipation of seeing his grace with his hounds again next season. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived at their residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from Worthing. Tne Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Harriet Grimston have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess Craven, at Caonibe Abbey, near Coventry. The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entertain a large circle of visitors during the Croxteth Park race meeting. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will return to-day from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle, and will then go to Broadlands, llants, for the Parliamentary recess. Lord and Lady Londesborough leave town to morrow for Grimston Park, Yorkshire. Lord Harries has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Eveningham Park, York. The infant Prince has, it is said, been very cleverly photographed by an eminent photographer. The VACANT RIBBON OF THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK has been conferred on Lord Lurgan. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN, during his sojourn as Archduke in Paris, spoke of Napoleon 1., his great uncle, as the Emperor Napoleon. THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE PARIS with his first cousin, the Infanta Donna Maria Isabel of Orleans and Bourbon, will take place on the 19th inst. in the Palace at Seville, with great solemnity. The cere mony will be performed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Se ville, and will be followed by the rai ification of the marriage articles. The President of the Audiencia of Seville will act as Chief Notary of the Kingdom, representing the Minister of Grace and Juqice. THE LATE MR, WILLIAM ROTHERY, Of the men who seem to connect the present with the past history of this country another has just been taken away whose long and meritorious services as a public servant deserve a passing notice at our hands. ' Mr. W. Rothery, who was until lately the legal adviser to the Treasury on all matters connected with the slave trade, died on the 6th inst., at the advanced age of 89 years. He was born on the 9th of April, 1775, a few days only before the first blood was shed in the War of American Independence on an attempt by some British soldiers to disperse a body of Americans exercising on Lexington-green, and re membered well being taken by his father to see the burning down of the chapel in Lincoln's-inn•fields by the Lord George Gordon rioter,. In early life Mr. Rothery entered the office of the King's Proctor in Doctors Com mons, and by his abilities and steady applicevion to business soon rose to the head ot that establishment. The zeal and ability which he showed in the discharge of his duties gained for him the good will and regard of the two greatest judges who have ever presided in the Court of Admiralty—Lord Stowell and Dr. Lushington, with both of whom he was on terms of the closest intimacy. In 1821 Mr. Rothery was ap pointed by the Treasury to be their Lordships' referee on slave trade matters, and held that appointment up to the year 1860, when at the advanced ago of 85, owing to in creasing infirmities, he was compelled to resign his office; but so high an opinion had the Treasury of his long and faithful services that on his retirement they granted him for his life a pension almost equal to the full amount of his salary. The questions on whica he had occasionally to advise her Majesty's Government required the exercise of the greatest judgment and discretien, and his long expe rience in the King's Proctor's-office during the European and American Wars proved to be of essential service to him. There were very few of the leading statesmen either of this or of the past generation to whom he was not well known, and who had not at one time or another occasion to rely upon his great practical knowledge and sound judgment. Mr. Rothery was also frequently employed by the Go vernment on matters not immediately connected with his regular official duties. In the years 1830-2 he was engaged with some eminent lawyers and civilians in framing rules tar the guidance ot the Vice-Admiralty Courts in our coke airs, the excesses of which had become notorious. In the year 1840 he was associated with the present Sir Henry Lyt ton Balwer for the purpose of settling, in conjunction with two commissioners nominated by the French Govern ment, the amount of compensation proper to be paid to some British subjects for the forcible interruption of their trade by the French at Portendio, on the coast of Africa; and in the year 1814 he, in conjunetiele with the present Judge of the Court of Admiralty, Admiral Den• man, and the late Mr. Bandinel, was appointed to prepare a code of instructions for the guidance of naval officers Oa ployed in the suppression of the slave treele, There are very few indeed who have led so 10-11 and useful a life, fewer still who through all the triebs and difficulties of life have shown a more equable temper, or been more respected by those with whom IIP, had to act in business, end especially by the civil eev;ants of the Crown, PORTRAITS Or SIR ROWLAND HILL, K.C.B.— A,". the present time there is perhaps no public man of whom a good portrait can be more welcome to all classes of the community than Sir Rowland Hill, who gave sittings on Saturday last for a series of cartes de visile to Messrs. John and Charles Watkins, of Parliament-street. The form and features of most of our distinguished men have been made familiar by the beautiful art of photography, and Messrs. Watkins have done much to gratify popular taste in this respect, but few of their excellent and interest ing productions can compete with these. " Sir Rowland le Grand," as our friend Punch humorously styles the great " man of letters," has kindly afforded the artists an opportunity of making a Lumber of vat lonely posed studies, each of which evidences the artistical knowledge and taste which are so often wanting in photographic portraiture. We predict for these ea? (es—what they certainly deserve— an enromous circulation. A TALE FOR THE MARINES. There is a wenderfut Iliudoe chess-player at present in London. He plays three games blindfolded, and wins. At the same time he plays a game of cards, and wins. During the game a bell is touched every one or two seconds, and he gives the number of times it has been touched. A man stands behind and throws little pebbles one by one against his back; these, too, he counts; and atter the games are told he recites a poem iu perfect rhyme which ha ilas colupevAl Litirtha the sitting. THAMES. A PUBLICAN FINED FOR UNLAWFUL SUNDAY TIIADING.—HEAVY PENALTY. —Mrs. Macarthy, the wife of Dennis blacarthy, landlord of the Rose and Crown pub lichouse, in Star-street, Lower Shadwell, appeared to ,nswer a EUMIIIOIIS taken out against her husband by Police-inspector Roberts. The defendant, who was for- • teeny a sergeant of police, was charged with having his house open for other purposes than the reception of travel- lers on Sunday last before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon. Timothy Cox, a police.B o'clock on Sunday morning last, h e saw many d run k en men in the vicinity of Star-street a n d W app i ng - wa ll , near sergeult, No. K, stated that at the defendant's house. He went to the Rose and Crown. There were men in the street outside intoxicated. On entering the public •hcuse he found sixteen men in front of the bar. Some of them were drunk. The landlord was also there intoxicated. There were ten quart pots all con taining malt liquor, and two glasses on the bar counter in front of the company. One man threw down his pot, which contained beer. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said that nine or ten of the men were drunk. Mrs. Macarthy said her husband was not inebriated. He was very nervous and very ill, and he was so ill that he could not attend to answer the summons against him. James Fry, a police-constable, 411 K, confirmed the statement of Cox, and said Dennis Mat.arthy, the landlord, was the worse for liquor. Mrs. Macarthy said the people who entered th e h ouse on Sunday morning came from a fire close by, an d w h en t h e door was opened for one wan they all maned in tog e th er . and in qu i te anot h er direction. a h C a o l xf msaid e fro e m i e t was d a e ffie fire is i a t S ' s h h a d o w u s e e l , 1 c Sunday morning A former conviction of ss, and costs for a sitn:lar offence was proved. _ Mrs. Macarthy called her son, Charles Grinham, by her drat husband, and he admitted that be opened the door and let in the lG ruen, Th 6 Magistr a t e sa id there had been a impulent viola- Lion of the law, and drunkenness eneour,,ged en a Sunday morning. It was a b a d case and b must be visited with severity. R e fine the cleiendant 6 and coats. Airs. Maca rt h y pa id t h e mo ney. z THE ST. HELEN'S MURDER.—At the South Lan cashire Assi.tes yentetdnyi befdte IlMr. lushes Willee, tames Clitheroe, 2,2, was indicted for the taunter of Mary Woods, a schoolmistress, at St. Ilelen' B . It appeared that the deceased a n d th e pr i soner had cohabit e d, and that on toe morning o f th e mur d er theY , o'ero both found i n b e d together, the d e c ease d w i t h h e r turoat cut and ciuito dead, the prisoner a l so h av i ng se v e re wound s i n h i e throat. When apprehend e d t h e pr i son er said, " W e made i t up to d cu ra t w o e u r r u t ia n d ro e a r ts t , he S io h o a ki t n o g ld .g m il e ss t . hat tho razor Was in the into bed, and fi rst cut my throat. ' fetol te d t h e ranr, got the jury, h owever , murdered the : and the guiltyPrlB l% 6 l n r e . r ,lus ticl N o V f i b ll a es rl e n lnt w en il e f e ul d lY h - im to death. d f ° e t : T e n a w d s e o CIIICIUNS FOR d EIGHT PERSONS. —Abandon the boil-fowl fashion, and order a pair of fowls to be sent without being trussed, and let the heads and necks be sent with them. Cut up one of the fowls into pieces, the leg and thigh into two Pieces, each wing into two pieces, the back into three pieces, and the breast into two pieces, which, with the merry thought, will be 14 pieces. Take a Spanish onion, cut it up small, put it into a stewpan with two ounces of butter, and a little cayenne and salt; let it stew gently for about an hour, until it i s in a complete pulp ; half an hour before- yen went it put in the 14 pieces of chicken, let them stew half an hour, and when done, put into your silver dish a teaspoonful of Spanish or French garlic vine gar, or if that is not liked, the squeEz3 of half a lemon, and you will never °gain want to taste in:,:ipid boiled fowl. mi n d, it rcqui t as n,, water; the fowl will be (199, 4 ija its own gravy.— 274 Gozikwomais, 1 7 1 I it lin 4 129 66 5f wet 67. 81 IC3I 44 ICBi VBl 71 531 It 3 I 121 .27t 8 101 } 991 1 finsineem done 59 1031 IC4i i 19 I 25 6 221 101 31 Mr, Charles Gilpin, on Capital Punisbnient. Last night a lecture was delivered in the Surrey Chapel by the Rev. Newman 'Hall, on "Capital Punishments." Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P., occupied the chair, and the chapel was crowded by an audience composed chiefly of working men. Mr. GILPIN opened the proceedings, and after some preliminary observations said :—This is a subject on which I have long taken an active and earnest interest. It is now close on twenty years ago since shortly after coming to London I was the means of getting in Exeter Hall as large a meeting as could be assembled ea the sub ject of capital punishments. We had a well filled plat form. Mr, Swart, the inemtev for Dumfries, a most active and intelligent laboufeY In the cause, was in the chair ; and we had Lard Nagent# Xi.. Bright, Daniel O'Connell, and other wall-knows Persons present. We had the Church represented by .1). Mortimer and the Rev. Henry Christmas —we had DisAeriterg of various denominations— we* Lia 3, indeed, the Cifurch of Christ represented. That mewing uttered an etn, , batio denunciation of the gallows and the principles upon whch it was maintained. (Applause.) Time will only allow me to glance brit fly at the reasons why I think—why I know — that capital punishment ought to be abolished. In looking back upon my earliest years I remember that one of the 1 , earliest impressions which took hold upon my mind in con- I nection with that Christian teaching of which I had the ad vantage, was a strong repugnance to the putting of men and worn& to death upon any plea whatever. I had a child's reason ; but that reason has grown with my growth. I asked whether it were true that a man was, or was not, fit to die. According to my teaching and yours, a man was prepared for death, or he was not, and, if not prepared for death, we know the consequences. If a man be prepared to die—repentant, forgiven, and redeemed—then it seemed to the child, as it seems to me, that for the mutter of a fel low-man a man should not be hanged. If a mAn is not repentant and forgiven, and consequently not prepatod to die, then it was something that made the child's mind &Wi der that a fellow-worm should take from a man or woman all possibility of repentance and condemn him to an eternity of woe. In going over the dreary and dismal criminal re cords of the last 25 years I can show you cases illustrative of the unsoundness of every argument that is urged upon us for the maintenance of capital punishment. I hold that there ii no object of a good, righteous, and just law that can be carried out by capital punishment. A boy under 16 years was executed some years ago at Newgate. He had shot his master in a most deliberate manner. He had bought the pistol, bullet, and powder some days before. He had gone to see some persons hanged, and after having seen them hanged formed his own opinion as to the amount of suffering that was to be endured. He shot his master : he was sentenced to death, and a personal friend of mine who saw him in a cell found him callous and insensible to all reasoning as to the consequences of his crime. That boy went to his death upon the scaffold like a favourite actor, and died in a spirit of bravado. Near the same time a woman was executed for murder. She committed the crime in a fit of jealousy, but no sooner had she done it then she repented it with her whole heart. She gave herself up to justice, pleaded guilty, bat at first her plea was not accepted, and she was kept. I think, over two assiz3s. During that time she wrote letters of a very touching character; the chaplain was incessant in his ministrations, and made no secret of his opinion that she was a converted and repentant woman. On the day of tho execution the chaplain was with her in the cell. They read the Bible, and prayed and sang hymns together, until at last they were startled by hearing the bells tolling to tell her that her last hour was come. She then asked to partake of the sacrament, and you all know the beautiful language in which the minister bad to address that convict. I think he had to call her " a sister in Christ," and yet before the ceremony was over, Calcraft came to pinion " that sister in Christ." She bore it patiently, and sustained herself until she was met by the yells of the crowd, who from the delay which had occurred, feared that they were to be deprived of their victim. She fainted away, and was hung insensi ble. I recollect both Sarah Harriet Thomas and James Bloomfield Rush. Their crimes were very different. Sarah H. Thomas was a young girl of 18 or 19, and. she made the strongest effort to prevent herself being executed. I have made a document before me showing that no lees than six men had to drag her ont of the cell, and hold her upon the drop until she was strangled, Then Rush, who had nou rished his revenge for a lengthof time, and had deliberately, with malice and forethought, committed murder in cold blood, met his end as calmly and as coolly as a Christian on his death• bed--not, of course, in the same framo of mind, but with great hardihood. What good effect does the ruthless killing of one man by another produce upon the crowd, which is the great argument of those who support capital punishment? I well remember that Daniel O'Con nell told us at the Exeter-hull meeting to which I have re ferred, of three men whom he himself had defended upon a capital charge in Ireland. I will give his own words : " I defended three brothers charged with a capital offence ; they were young able-balied men. I was satisfied of their innocence, but the jury found them guilty, and they were condemned to die. At that time, especially in Ireland, exe cution followed swiftly upon sentence; and accordingly shortly afterwards I saw those three young men led out to execution. They were surrounded by a file of soldiers lest any of the mob should come near them. Their mother was there. I saw her, armed with the strength of her affection, break through the file, for the bayonets of the soldiers lowered instinctively before her. I saw her cling to her eldest son, a young man, 23 years of age; I saw her throw herself upon her second, who was 21 years of age; I saw her burst upon the breast of her third son, a boy of 19 ; and I ask who can make amends to her for that agony ? They were all executed, and they were all innocent, as it was afterwards proved." The hon. gentleman then referred to the case of James Howell, who was executed at Ipswich, who declared his innocence to the last, and whose innocence was believed by a large number of people, and the effect of his death was to break the heart of his wife, who died a short time afterwards. He also read a letter from an Indian chief expressing in simple but striking language the horror with which he had witnessed an execution in this Christian coun try. The hon. gentleman then continued :—A great deal was made by some people of a certain passage in the Old Tea • tament, which is supposed iu some way to sanction capital punishment. I don't speak of this as a ground that will Wh ence the House of Commons. Convince the House of Com mons that capital punishment can be safely done away with, that it will be for the benefit of society that it should cease, and you may rely that neither Mosaic nor pre-Mosaic com mands will prevent them from Mug what they believe to be expedient. (A laugh.) It is remarkable that in the various public meetings which I have held on this subject, wherever there has been any opposition it has generally come from ministers of religion.on one ground, " that whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." This is a text of uncertain interpretation—there are some hall dozen read ings of it, and I tell you upon authority that cannot be effec tually disputed, that " will" would be as correct a transla tion as "shall." Upon this solitary foundation—one dis puted text—it seems that they can build the structure of the gibbet. G-)d once punished a murderer, the worst because the first murderer. His sentence was, not that Cain shall die, but that he shall live. " I will lay a mark upon him lest any man finding him shall slay him." It is my earnest hope and fervent trust now that public feeling is again rising on the subject of capital punishment—now that the working men are taking it up, that the time is not far dis. taut when we shall find the gallows swept away among other relics of a disgraceful past, and when we shall find our law in this respect assimilated more in spirit and practice to the will of Him " who willeth not the ceath of the sinner, but rather that he should turn and live." (Chem.) The Rev. NnwmAN HALL then proceeded to deliver his lecture, and entered with his usual eloquence and ability into the subject. He replied to the scriptural argument, and dwelt on the circumstance that juries often refused to con- viol for crime knowing that death would follow. He.be- Hayed that capital punishment was not commanded by the Old Testament—was repugnant to the spirit of the new, and opposed to the best interests of society. A vote of thanks to Mr. Gilpin concluded the proceedings. MARKETS—This Day. AIARK-LANE. A limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to our market to-day. For good and fine dry samples there was a steady demand, at fall prices; otherwise the trade was dull, on former terms. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Sales, however, progressed slowly, nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Ge nerally speaking the trade was quiet, yet prices ruled sta tionary, Good and fine malting qualities, however, were firm in value. Very little change took place in the value of malt; but the trade was in a sluggish state. Oats were in good supply and heavy request, at fully the late decline in value. Beans and peas met a slow sale at late rates. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. , The Corn Exchange will be closed on Friday next. AHRIVALS THIS WELL. Wheat. .Barlev. Xalt. Oats. Flout. English 210 210 i 11,520 1,910 680 3" 120 ske, Irish.. - _ Foreign 1, 320 1,360 , brls WHITECEAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3 5 Od t o 4 5 4d ; vea l, 3s 8d to 4s 8 d ; and pork, 33 2d to 4s 61 per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Last season's hops are in steady request, at full prices. Yearling, old, and American parcels are a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. A YANKEE COURTIER ! —Au American lady fainted while being presented to the Empress Eugenie in Pads. It was conbidared the capping of all compliments hitherto paid to the Imperial power, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, UALF-PAST 4 o'CLocx. DENMARK. The Osservatore Triestino states that, in case of refusal by the Danish Cabinet, the two allied Powers are decided on proceeding in an inexorable (inexor abilinente) manner, and the Vienna Gazette de. Glares that they will reject all the reservations avid all the conditions of Denmark, seeing that th e situation requires a clearly expressed yes cr no. If the Press of Vienna may be believed, there is but little reason to expect a favourable reply from Copenhagen. According to that journal, " Den mark would be mad to accept an armistice which would relieve her less from embarrassment than her adversaries, who, though victorious on the field or battle are worsted on diplomatic grounc's. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. GAR) BALM' S DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) MALTA, MARCH 23. General Garibaldi and suite have arrived here per the Valetta, from Caprera, and proceed by the Ripon to Southampton to-morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CHERTSEY RACES--THIS DAY. GUARDS' CUP. Confederate Ellen Fisherman Six ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STEEPLECHASE. Yellow Gal The Sweep 2 Won easily. TWELFTH LANCERS STEEPLECHASE. Padarces Archy Seven ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Huntsman Almeria Truwpete: Nine ran. WINDSOR DRAG STAKES. Forward Paddy Six ran. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, The annual meeting of the governors and guar dians of this charity was held on Monday at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street—Sir George Clerk in the chair. Mr. DANIELLS, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the charity was in a sound and prosperous condition, but that the constantly in creasing numbers of deserving candidates for ad mission into the asylum rendered it important that there should be a large accession to its funds. Dur ing the past year 111 children had been maintained and educated in the asyluin, and at the election in June next five boys and four girls would be elected from a list of 23 approved candidates. The annual subsCriptions for the past year had been £65 in excess over those of the previous year, and £7OO had been invested from the floating balance at the bank, making the total sum now invested £20,000. The donations at the last anniversary dinner had amounted to about £l,OOO. The report concluded by expressing the desire of the committee to admit a much larger number of children as soon as the state 'of the funds would warrant such a Course. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the meeting on the improved condition of the charity within the last four years. He was happy to be able to state that the Lake of Argyll had consented to preside at the ensuing annniversary in Tune next, and that the Caledonian Ball in aid of the funds would also take place at Willis's Rooms in the same month. Sir. 7. H. MAXWELL seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Sir G. Abercromby, Sir James Mackenzie, Cap tain Conway, Dr. Drury, and Messrs. Cargill, M.P. Dundas, Grant, and Clerk, were elected on the committee, in place of the eight members retiring by rotation. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY A general court of the Highland Society Was held on Monday, followed by an excellent dinner, at the Freemason's Tavern to celebrate, according to usual custom, the victory of Alexandria. Nearly a hundred gentlemen sat down to,dinner. The ber,• ners of the principal clans were hung round the room, and these, combined with the Highland dresses of many of the company, gave a lively and agreeable appearance to the banqueting hall. In the absence of the Duke of Manchester, the chair was taken by Mr. Malcolm of Poltallocb, and he was supported by Sir John Heron Maxwell, Colonel Sykes, m.r., Captain Forbes, R.N., Captain Speke, Captain Forbes, 78th Highlanders, Captain Sir A. Mackenzie, Mr. X. C. Goode, Sir Stuart Donaldson, Mr. Biggs, Captain Jay, R.N., Captain Browne, Captain Maxwell, Captain Mackenzie, Major Maclay, Mr. Carlisle, Mr. March, Dr. Halley, Dr. Cumming, Mr. G. Bain, &e. " The Health of her Majesty " was drunk with the frost lively demonstrations of loyalty; and the toast of the Prince of \Vales (Duke of Rothsay and Lord of the Isles), the Princess of Wales, the Prince Albert Victor of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," was received with great cheering. The toast of " The Army and Navy, and Volanteers," was responded to by Colonel Sykes, M.P., Captain Forbes, R.N., and Captain Mackenzie (London Scottish Volunteers). " Th e Health of the Duke of Manchester, President of th e Highland Society," was drunk with Highland honours. The toast of " The Memory of Aber cromby and the heroes who fell with him in Egypt," was prefaced, with a deserved eulegiura on the valour of the gallant general and the Highland troops under his command. The other toasts pro posed were—" The Chiefs and Clans ;" "The Ladies who have honoured us with their presence ;'' , qiighlands, shoulder to shoulder ; " " The Sword and Banner ;" and " The Pipe and Plaid." Each and all of these toasts were drank with great en thusiesm and a most lively display of national feeling. • During the evening the Queen's piper marched round the room, and performed on the bagpipe a number of t cottish airs. The dinner was admirably served, and the wines were excellent in quality. KLAPIiii has just left Marseilles with 150 volun teers, and gone to Genoa. MISSING SHIP, The Hillechina sailed from Mandal in the end of November for London, and has not since been heard of. A senator tied this week—Prince do Bestivau, bora 1793, left for dead in the march on Moscow, under the First Empire, and who reappeared in political life only under Napoleon 111. Re had married a dieter of the ill fated Due de Preslin. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—ABER DEEN,- Tuesday Evening.—George Hamilton Gor don, Earl of Aberdeen, died at the family seat, Haddo house, Aberdeenshire, a few minutes past 12 this morning. His lordship had been unwell fora considerable period, the principal ailment, it is understood, being diabetes. De ceased waaborn in 1316, and had consequently only reached his 48th year. He married, in 1810, Lady Miry Baillie of Jerviswoode, who survives him, with a family of three sons and three daughters: As Lord Haddo, the late nible man represented the county of Aberdeen in Parliament for a number of years, and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1860. Lord Haddo, the new peer, who has entered his 23d year, is at present on a visit to his uncle, the Hon. Arthur Gozdon, Govornor of New Brunswick.